The medieval church of St Ia at Porthia (St Ives), with the harbour beach in the background.pic.twitter.com/hQFGMTvRDN
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The earliest insular traditions about St Ia are found in the 'Life of Gwinear', written c. 1300 by Anselm, BnF Latin 15005, ff. 68r–71v: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b90670160/f69.image …pic.twitter.com/PTqZc2Rp3t
The martyrdom of St Ia in the late 10th-century 'Menologion of Basil II', commissioned by/made for the Byzantine emperor Basil II (r. 976–1025): https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Vat.gr.1613/0050 …pic.twitter.com/RzQKozFAOF
St Ia had a shrine in Constantinople located right by the main imperial ceremonial entrance to the city, the Golden Gate; this shrine was apparently extensively and lavishly renovated by the Emperor Justinian (527–65): https://www.caitlingreen.org/2018/01/st-ia-of-st-ives-byzantine-saint.html …pic.twitter.com/xrCtkGT33l
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